Lights of Irfan volume 10

Lights of `Irfán

Papers Presented at the
`Irfán Colloquia and Seminars

Book X

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                         Table of Contents 
     
 Preface....................................................................................i 

 Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat
     Amin Egea...............................................................................5

 The Bahá'í Worldview on Unity of Religions: Progressive Revelation:
     Principles and Insights from the History of Science
     Jena Khadem Khodadad...................................................................43

 A Glimpse into the Life of Laura Dreyfus-Barney
     Mona Khademi...........................................................................71

 In the Heart of All That Is: "Heart" in Bahá'í Writings and Science
     Wolfgang A. Klebel....................................................................107

 In the Pure Soil of Thy Heart: "Heart" in Bahá'í Writings and Neurocardiology
     Wolfgang A. Klebel....................................................................131

 Some Answered Questions: A Philosophical Perspective
     Ian Kluge.............................................................................149

 Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: Chapter 31 of Some Answered Questions
     Moojan Momen..........................................................................275

 Man Is Man: `Abdul-Bahá on Human Evolution
     Ramin Neshati.........................................................................295

 Methods and qualities of the seekers of Reality in Some Answered Questions
     in the light of Bahá'í Scriptures
     Julio Savi............................................................................311


 Elucidations

 Comments on the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice..........................327

 Some Thoughts on the Ministry of the Universal House of Justice
     'Ali Nakhjávání.......................................................................334

 Classification of the Bahá'í Sacred Texts................................................349

 Development of Bahá'í Scholarly Activities...............................................351


 Appendices

 Bibliography of Bahá'í Writings and abbreviations used in this book......................353

 Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books One-Nine..............................................355

 Publications of the 'Irfán Colloquia.....................................................363